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What's it like being an astronomer?

 

Dr Catherine Heymans, is an astronomer who has worked on the Hubble Space Telescope, probably the most famous space telescope in the world! READ INTERVIEW

 

 

 

 

Dr Veronica Bray is a planetary scientist from the UK who now works at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Arizona, America. She is part of the team who gets to chose what the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft look at on the Moon and Mars. READ INTERVIEW

 

 

 

 

Dr Katie Joy studies the geological history of the Moon by looking at meteorites that were blasted off its surface in impact events, travelled through space, and landed here on Earth. She is also involved in the Chandrayaan-1 mission which is currently in orbit around the Moon.

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